Abstract Hospital is one of the areas that affect the mental and psychological conditions of the children, and the poor design of these environments may affect physical and psychological health. This study investigated the effect of a typical Dish Garden as a surrogate for green spaces in improving the physical and neuropsychological characteristics of hospitalized children. For this purpose, 54 hospitalized children were randomly divided into intervention (experimental) and control groups. The children in the experimental group were placed in a pre-designed room with a Dish Garden for 72 h, and the control group did not receive any intervention. In this research, a pre-test and post-test design were applied. The results showed that the group exposed to the Dish Garden was significantly healthier than the control group in terms of physical and neuropsychological factors. The recorded vital signs, including systolic and diastolic blood pressures, heart, and respiration rates decreased to normal rates in the experimental group. The neuropsychological indices in the experimental group included the emotional index (lack of fear, happiness, and relaxation), the cognitive index (compatibility and attention), and the non-symptom index (no anxiety and lack of depression). The Dish Garden enhanced physical and neuropsychological health of the children through visual distraction. Therefore, using Dish Gardens can be suggested as low-budget and low-risk tools to create favourable environments in children's hospitals.

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菜园对住院患儿生理和神经心理改善的作用

摘要 医院是影响儿童心理和心理状况的场所之一，这些环境设计不当可能会影响身心健康。本研究调查了典型的菜园作为绿色空间的替代品在改善住院儿童的身体和神经心理特征方面的效果。为此，将 54 名住院儿童随机分为干预组（实验组）和对照组。实验组儿童被安置在预先设计好的有菜园的房间里72小时，对照组不接受任何干预。在这项研究中，应用了前测和后测设计。结果显示，Dish Garden暴露组在生理和神经心理因素方面明显比对照组更健康。记录的生命体征，包括收缩压和舒张压、心脏和呼吸率，在实验组中降至正常率。实验组神经心理指标包括情绪指数（缺乏恐惧、快乐和放松）、认知指数（相容性和注意力）和无症状指数（无焦虑、无抑郁）。菜园通过视觉分散增强了孩子们的身体和神经心理健康。因此，可以建议使用 Dish Gardens 作为在儿童医院创造有利环境的低预算和低风险工具。记录的生命体征，包括收缩压和舒张压、心脏和呼吸率，在实验组中降至正常率。实验组神经心理指标包括情绪指数（缺乏恐惧、快乐和放松）、认知指数（相容性和注意力）和无症状指数（无焦虑、无抑郁）。菜园通过视觉分散增强了孩子们的身体和神经心理健康。因此，可以建议使用 Dish Gardens 作为在儿童医院创造有利环境的低预算和低风险工具。记录的生命体征，包括收缩压和舒张压、心脏和呼吸率，在实验组中降至正常率。实验组神经心理指标包括情绪指数（缺乏恐惧、快乐和放松）、认知指数（相容性和注意力）和无症状指数（无焦虑、无抑郁）。菜园通过视觉分散增强了孩子们的身体和神经心理健康。因此，可以建议使用 Dish Gardens 作为在儿童医院创造有利环境的低预算和低风险工具。实验组神经心理指标包括情绪指数（缺乏恐惧、快乐和放松）、认知指数（相容性和注意力）和无症状指数（无焦虑、无抑郁）。菜园通过视觉分散增强了孩子们的身体和神经心理健康。因此，可以建议使用 Dish Gardens 作为在儿童医院创造有利环境的低预算和低风险工具。实验组神经心理指标包括情绪指数（缺乏恐惧、快乐和放松）、认知指数（相容性和注意力）和无症状指数（无焦虑、无抑郁）。菜园通过视觉分散增强了孩子们的身体和神经心理健康。因此，可以建议使用 Dish Gardens 作为在儿童医院创造有利环境的低预算和低风险工具。